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[5] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[6] It's Monday, January 9th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[7] More than 7 ,000 nurses went on strike in two major hospitals in New York City this morning.
[8] Patient care is already being disrupted at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan and Montfior in Brooklyn.
[9] The New York State Nurses Association says nurses are negotiating higher pay and fewer patients.
[10] We have been fighting for our patients and for ourselves for a long time, and the staffing crisis is dangerous, and so we need to do something different.
[11] Montfior Medical Center said nurses have decided to walk away from their patient's bedside, despite offers of a 19 .1 % wage increase and a commitment from the hospital to create over 170 new nursing positions.
[12] Mount Sinai Health System offered the same 19 .1 % wage increase to their nurses.
[13] The health system said in a statement that agreements had already been reached at six other facilities in the system and that they're continuing to negotiate with the outstanding hospital in good faith.
[14] Brazil plans to punish supporters of former president, Jaya Bolsonaro, who stormed the nation's federal buildings on Sunday.
[15] Thousands of supporters of the former chief executive entered facilities hosting the South American nation's legislative and executive branches.
[16] Officials have vowed to prosecute the rioters and have taken some into custody.
[17] On Monday, President Biden greenlit an emergency declaration for California after intense storms and flooding hit the state.
[18] At least a dozen people have been killed and the weather has also caused widespread losses of power.
[19] According to a preliminary post by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, quote, two snowmobilers were caught, buried, and killed in a large avalanche in Colorado on Saturday.
[20] Attorney General Merrick Garland is bucking President Biden by seeking the death penalty for an alleged Islamic terrorist, accused of killing eight and injuring more than a dozen in a 2017 New York City truck attack.
[21] The U .S. Congress will vote Monday evening on a rules package that will dictate how the House is run in this upcoming year that will include many of the concessions fought for by the 20 Republicans who withheld, support for McCarthy much of last week.
[22] But the package is facing some pressure from moderate Republicans, such as Nancy Mace of South Carolina.
[23] What I don't support is a small number of people trying to get a deal done or deals done for themselves in private, in secret to get a vote or a vote present.
[24] I don't support that.
[25] That is just what Nancy Pelosi does, and that's not what they should be doing.
[26] A special grand jury in Georgia, looking into whether Trump and his associates committed any crimes in the aftermath of the 2020 election has been dissolved.
[27] The grand jury cannot issue indictments but will make recommendations to district attorney Fannie Willis, who's been investigating Trump since early 2021.
[28] A hearing on January 24th will determine whether the report and its findings will be made public.
[29] Over the weekend, Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis agreed to stop busing illegal aliens to New York or Chicago following a letter from mayor's Eric Adams and Lori Lightfoot demanding an end to the practice.
[30] Adams recently expressed his exasperation with the crisis, begging for federal help after declaring a state of emergency in October.
[31] This is just unfair for local governments to have to take on this national obligation.
[32] We've done our job.
[33] There's no more room at the end.
[34] But we are compelled by local laws here.
[35] Adam Rich, best known for his role as Nicholas Bradford in the 1970s TV drama, 8 is enough, died Saturday at 54 -year -old.
[36] old.
[37] That's according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
[38] And the NFL playoffs are officially set after the regular season concluded Sunday evening.
[39] The Buffalo Bill's inspired fans with a win against the New England Patriots after coming off a week where Bill's safety, Damar Hamlin, survived a cardiac arrest.
[40] On the opening kickoff, Bill's running back, Naheim Hines, returned the ball for a 96 -yard touchdown.
[41] Then in the third quarter, Heinz did it again, taking another kickoff 101 yards to score.
[42] The bill's, eventually bested the Pats, 35 to 23.
[43] And in breaking news, Tamara Hamlin was transferred from Ohio to a hospital in Buffalo this afternoon where he will continue his recovery before making the transition home.
[44] Those are your drive home updates this afternoon.
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